Participants in South Piedmont Community College’s 2010 Summer Learning Community program who received Ready for College certificates at the program’s conclusion July 20 were, first row, Leslie Wyckoff, Tammy Brazzill, Hannah Faulk, Ebony Chambers, Jamal Rhodes, Karline Munoz, Doreen Threatt-Miller, Joshua Barrett; second row, Stefany Ward, Isabel Andon, Shawna Hansen, Antavis Barrino, Mark Conrad, Bryan Jackson, Artis Radford and Jonathan Barrino. Also attending but not pictured were Dontri Bulls, James Williams, Matthew Rushing and Michael
Meyer.
Of the 27 students who started the Summer Learning Community program, 23 finished and earned a certificate signifying that they are “Ready for College.” The students who took part in the program were recent GED graduates and members of IMPACT, SPCC’s minority male mentoring program.
Funded by part of a $95,672 grant from the federal Office of Vocational Adult Education, the pilot program introduced the students to college through two college classes (Southern Culture and Introduction to Computers), core skills classes on things such as goal setting, note taking, financial aid, interviewing skills, test taking, leadership and others; and time working in the computer lab. The program began May 24 and ran for eight weeks, Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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